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Archibald Vivian Hill CH OBE FRS (26 September 1886 – 3 June 1977), better known to friends and colleagues as A. V. Hill, was a British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918, serving as Secretary for the period 1935-1945, and Foreign Secretary in 1946. He was awarded the Society’s Copley Medal in 1948. He holds honorary degrees of many universities, British and foreign.
Nov 1, 2002 · archibald vivian (A. V.) Hill (1886–1977), the British physiologist, has been referred to as “the giant in the field of exercise physiology” . In the 1920s, his writings and lectures brought recognition to the emerging discipline of exercise physiology .
- David R. Bassett
- 2002
May 30, 2024 · A.V. Hill (born Sept. 26, 1886, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died June 3, 1977, Cambridge) was a British physiologist and biophysicist who received (with Otto Meyerhof) the 1922 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the production of heat in muscles.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Archibald Vivian Hill. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922. Born: 26 September 1886, Bristol, United Kingdom. Died: 3 June 1977, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: London University, London, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle” Archibald V.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922 was divided equally between Archibald Vivian Hill "for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle" and Otto Fritz Meyerhof "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle"
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Jul 1, 2022 · Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977) was a physiologist, military scientist, and humanitarian. To most of his colleagues, family, and friends, he was known simply as “A. V.”. A central figure in UK science during the first half of the 20th century, Hill was also a prominent member of the international community.
